Chamberlain, Chester a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Thetford, Vt., Jan. 19,1807. He removed in his youth to Watervliet, N. Y., where he experienced religion; and, in 1834, united with the Troy Conference, wherein he labored with fidelity and success twenty-two years. In 1866 he became supernumerary, in which relation, and that of a superannuate, he continued to the close of his life, July 30, 1875. Mr. Chamberlain was a man of devout and genial spirit, of harmonious and uniform Christian character. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1876, p. 82.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More